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Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: NEON MERCURY on June 15, 2003, 11:24:04 PM
Please tell me your top 3 favorite war films -thank you

Here are mine:

1-The Thin Red Line(T.M.)-This film never gets old to me even though it  is rather a long film-the acting...superb, the cinematography...jaw-droppingly beautiful, the score...erie(in a sobering way)-this is one damn beautiful and under-Rated masterpiece(imo)it is full of A-listers that all pull their weight(even if some have minimal screen time)I love the way this film flows it is such a beautiful nightmare.  Sinece this is my fav. war film i could go own but i will not  :yabbse-lipsrsealed:.

Best moment:all of the flas-backs w/Ben C. and his wife.(very moving)

2.Apocalypse Now REDUX(F.F.C.)-Man what an extra 30 or so mins can do for a film there is nothing more really to say that hasn't been said already -almost edges out T.T.R.L.                                                                        

Best Monent(S)-every scene w/Brando

3. Full Metal Jacket(S.K.)-I loved the "boot camp" part of the film but i though afterwards it fell short alittle.  But on the whole still a great film.

best moment:  "boot camp"
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: Cecil on June 15, 2003, 11:48:08 PM
platoon
full metal jacket
apocalypse now

other greats are: born on the 4th of july, hamburger hill, and starship troopers
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: Duck Sauce on June 15, 2003, 11:49:29 PM
Full Metal Jacket

Platoon

Saving Private Ryan



HM:
Three Kings
Apocalypse now
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: MacGuffin on June 16, 2003, 12:24:18 AM
Going against the norm:

All Quiet On The Western Front
Bridge On The River Kwai
The Longest Day
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: Pedro on June 16, 2003, 12:24:30 AM
Quote from: cecil b. dementedplatoon
full metal jacket
apocalypse now
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: Banky on June 16, 2003, 12:27:47 AM
Redux
Black Hawk Down
Hot Shots Part Duex
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: Thecowgoooesmooo on June 16, 2003, 12:45:53 AM
When the Trumpets Fade  <---- really fuckin good

The Thin Red Line

Band of Brothers
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: godardian on June 16, 2003, 12:53:14 AM
Grand Illusion

Ballad of  Soldier
Full Metal Jacket
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: Holden Pike on June 16, 2003, 04:44:03 AM
Paths of Glory, All Quiet on the Western Front and The Thin Red Line.
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: phil marlowe on June 16, 2003, 05:24:08 AM
not a big fan on war films. but there is two wich i really dug.

the thin red line
apocalypse now - i have yet to see redux.
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: Sigur Rós on June 16, 2003, 05:45:01 AM
Quote from: Phil Marlowenot a big fan on war films. but there is two wich i really dug.

the thin red line
apocalypse now - i have yet to see redux.

What about Oliver Stones Vietnam-triology?
Black Hawk Down is fuckin' great!
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: phil marlowe on June 16, 2003, 05:52:19 AM
Quote from: Sigur RósWhat about Oliver Stones Vietnam-triology?
Black Hawk Down is fuckin' great!
muchacha, i thought platoon was good and 4th of july was okay i wouldnt consider them favorite in any way though. haven't seen black hawk down.

i think most war films feels so unreal to me so it doesn't really move me, it just become boring action to me. its just me i guess.
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: children with angels on June 16, 2003, 05:54:32 AM
Does Dr Strangelove count as a war film? If so: my vote goes there.
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: Cecil on June 16, 2003, 10:54:54 AM
Quote from: children with angelsDoes Dr Strangelove count as a war film? If so: my vote goes there.

i dunno, id consider it more of a comedy, or satire.
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: Gold Trumpet on June 16, 2003, 10:58:29 AM
I have no clue what a war film is anymore.

~rougerum
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: SoNowThen on June 16, 2003, 11:11:32 AM
Nothing new here:

Redux
Full Metal Jacket
Thin Red Line
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: Pubrick on June 16, 2003, 11:12:59 AM
Quote from: SoNowThenRedux
Full Metal Jacket
Thin Red Line
yep that's pretty much it.
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: Pozer on June 16, 2003, 02:20:40 PM
War Games
The War (with kev cost)
The War of the Roses
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: budgie on June 16, 2003, 03:30:23 PM
The Battle of Algiers.
Black Hawk Down.
MASH

Also The Dam Busters gripped me when I saw it.

Do love The Great Escape and The Dirty Dozen.
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: godardian on June 16, 2003, 03:35:57 PM
Thanks for remind of M*A*S*H*; though it still wouldn't make my personal top 3, it didn't even cross my mind, as Dr. Strangelove and Closely Watched Trains did...
Title: Favorite War Films
Post by: bonanzataz on June 16, 2003, 04:03:50 PM
i don't like war films. i did like three kings and i also liked full metal jacket. but that's about it.
Title: Re: Favorite War Films
Post by: squints on November 24, 2005, 03:36:48 PM
a couple additions since 2003:

Downfall
A Very Long Engagment

I haven't seen too many WWI films and the french Engagment was absolutely great in more than a "war movie" sense and does anyone have any suggestions for any good foreign war movies? i'd love to see a japanese or russian WWII films but i don't know of any? my dad is a vietnam vet and he didn't appreciate apocolypse now or platoon but his favorite seems to be hamburger hill and the first half of full metal jacket...he also said mel gibson is a douche and we were soldiers is crap but i'm embarassed to say i enjoyed it (overall though he's not too keen on war movies in general)

i just saw Saints & Soldiers which is pretty good considering the budget they were working with but a mediocre movie overall

what i always find more fascinating, however, is the documentary footage from the WWII era. just the other day i saw on the history channel actual footage of Frau Goebbles's six childrens' corpses all lined up next to the charred remains of their mother and father plus there was footage of mrs. goebbles spooning medicine into her childrens' mouths...i doubt those chilling and disturbing images would have had the same effect had I NOT seen Downfall

also this is a pretty interesting book:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816044791/104-7972783-9700730?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance
Title: Re: Favorite War Films
Post by: JG on November 24, 2005, 05:50:55 PM
I like a lot of war movies:  Downfall, Three Kings, Full Metal Jacket, Patton, Strangelove, Deer Hunter, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Apocalypse Now, Saving Private Ryan and I think Black Hawk Down is pretty underrated although it doesn't belong in a group with these movies. 

I don't like em cause they're war movies, just cause they're fine movies. 
Title: Re: Favorite War Films
Post by: SHAFTR on December 04, 2005, 01:55:12 AM
Bridge On The River Kwai
The Grand Illusion
Mash
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
Apocalypse Now
Paths of Glory

Dances with Wolves (perhaps it could count)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (same as above)
Lawrence of Arabia (...)
Title: Re: Favorite War Films
Post by: Comte de Saint Germain on December 04, 2005, 04:10:52 AM
If only more people watched How I Won the War.
Title: Re: Favorite War Films
Post by: ono on December 04, 2005, 04:32:39 AM
Kinda hard when it's not on DVD or VHS in the US.
Title: Re: Favorite War Films
Post by: Gold Trumpet on December 04, 2005, 04:34:06 AM
Quote from: onomabracadabra on December 04, 2005, 04:32:39 AM
Kinda hard when it's not on DVD or VHS in the US.

You can buy it used VHS pretty easily.
Title: Re: Favorite War Films
Post by: Alethia on December 04, 2005, 12:46:53 PM
Quote from: Comte de Saint Germain on December 04, 2005, 04:10:52 AM
If only more people watched How I Won the War.

great movie, tho i wouldnt list it


most of my choices have already been posted by others, with the very notable exception of THE BIG RED ONE: THE RECONSTRUCTION
Title: Re: Favorite War Films
Post by: Reinhold on December 08, 2005, 01:15:46 PM
Quote from: Cecil on June 16, 2003, 10:54:54 AM
Quote from: children with angelsDoes Dr Strangelove count as a war film? If so: my vote goes there.

i dunno, id consider it more of a comedy, or satire.

mhmm.

if casablanca counts as a war film, then it gets my vote.
Title: Re: Favorite War Films
Post by: squints on December 15, 2005, 11:46:14 AM
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Korean film about the South's struggle against the North and 2 brothers who are mixed up in the whole mess...pretty amazing visually, great story, just as intense and invovling as anything i've seen from the WWII/Vietnam movies
Title: Re: Favorite War Films
Post by: Sunrise on February 05, 2006, 01:25:44 AM
The Thin Red Line
Apocalpyse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Paths of Glory
Patton

Nothing new here. George C. is amazing in Patton!!!!